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ThanosHighly available Prometheus setup with long term storage capabilities
vs
UptraceCut your observability bill by 90%
Comparison · Observability · weekly run Nov 3

Thanos vs Uptrace

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Uptrace is the stronger AI pick in Observability: it has a visibility score of 0.7 versus 0 for Thanos.

Choose Thanos if…

No clear advantage in the published data.

Choose Uptrace if…

  • You want the brand AI engines rank higher (0.7 vs 0)
  • You need a self-hosted or on-premises option

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric Thanos Uptrace
Visibility score0%0.7%
Change vs last weekNewNew
Rank in Observability#42#32
Share of voice0%0.4%
Mentions this run02
Positive in AI answers——

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

0%25%50%75%100%Nov 3Thanos 0%

Thanos 0pp · Uptrace 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Uptrace leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT
0%
0%
AI Mode
0%
0%
Perplexity
0%
2.2%
ThanosUptrace

Head to head in AI answers

0 engine answers name both brands

0Thanos ranked higher
0Uptrace ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

DimensionThanosUptrace
Pricing model—Usage-based
Entry price—Contact sales
Free plan—Yes
DeploymentSelf-hosted open source; components can run without KubernetesUptrace Cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Ansible or Kubernetes, or on-premises with a license
SupportCommunity meetings, Slack, GitHub issues16/5 enterprise support across EU and US business hours, Email and scheduled calls, Dedicated support engineer on on-premises plans
Headquarters—Chisinau, Moldova
Employees—1–10
Funding—Bootstrapped
Best forTeams running Prometheus who need a global query view and long-term metric storageEngineering teams that run OpenTelemetry and want traces, metrics and logs in one platform at predictable cost.

Plans side by side

Thanos

Pricing not available.

Uptrace

Uptrace CloudCustomper GB ingested, usage-based; no seats or hosts
Community Edition$0free forever, self-hosted
On-premisesCustomlicense, contact sales
Uptrace pricing

Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Thanos vs Uptrace”, https://slateindex.ai/compare/thanos-vs-uptrace, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.